Defy The Stars by Magan Vernon

Author:Magan Vernon [Vernon, Magan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beautifully Broken Books
Published: 2011-11-28T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

One minute I remembered laughing, sitting on the back of the bike with my arms around Ace as we zipped through the valleys and mountains that encompassed Circe. Then, I remembered falling. I didn't know how I started to fall or why, but I remembered the look on Ace’s face as he watched my body suspend in midair. I could see his eyes widen and his mouth launch a voice that sounded like a dying animal. I remembered the silvery laughter and how it engulfed me before everything went blacker than my nightmares.

I saw her standing over me. She cocked her head and stared down at me. This time it wasn’t a nightmare. It felt too real to be a nightmare and I didn't have a cold chill.

“What do you want?" I asked.

She didn’t answer, just stared at me, a tight-lipped smile crossing over her white face.

“What do you want from me?" I screamed.

“You’ll see,” she whispered in a voice that was the same silvery tone as her laugher.

Her body wavered like a mirage. My face was overcome by a wave of heat that slowly brought me out of the darkness and into the light.

“Alex, can you hear me?" His voice sounded so far away and a faint clicking fell around me. “Alex?”

I blinked; I was alive after all. Ace’s voice sounded closer and closer as the clicking sound got louder and louder. I opened my eyes to see that Ace was hovering over me and that clicking sound was actually coming from his own mouth. He ran his hands over my body, letting the heat explode onto my skin while he continued on with clicking his tongue.

I moaned, trying to lift my head, but Ace caught it in his hands, and helped me to slowly prop myself up. I looked out to see that we were sitting on a small cliff overlooking a range of mountains. The sun was just starting to peak over the mountaintops, leaving the brown dust of the desert gleaming in a low orange light. “How long was I out?”

“Long enough to scare the crap out of me." He smiled and pulled me closer, leaning my back against his stomach as he rested his chin on the top of my head.

“I’m sorry," I whispered.

He kissed the top of my head. “It’s not your fault. I shouldn’t have been so crazy around those turns. Something really bad could have happened to you and it would have been my fault.”

I looked up at him, drinking in the lines of his face. “Why did you bother saving me?”

He arched an eyebrow and looked down at me. “Why wouldn’t I save you?”

I sat up, facing him. “I know about the whole humans-and-aliens-don't-mix thing." I focused in on him. “Why save me and continue to save me when you knew that it could cause all of this mess?" I waved my arm in small circles above my head.

He sighed. “Because the whole idea of aliens versus humans is stupid.”

I raised an eyebrow.

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